Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription4648
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) wh…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 3 folders of textual records + 180 photographs + ephemera + 1 map + 1 architectural drawing
- Scope and Content
- Fonds consists of records acquired from the Chinese Herbalist shop “Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co” operating in Victoria from 1905 until 1968. Textual records include a few pieces of correspondence, receipts and ephemera addressed to "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co.", Lim You and Lim Yau (Yew Long Lum) while the shop was in operation at 1620 Government Street in the 1940s. Some of the records are written in English while a portion are written in Cantonese and haven't been translated. Most of the photographs document the content of the original shop at the time of aquistion in 1975. Some photographs of unidentified people may be related to the owner or proprietor of the shop. A collection of other photographs document various Chinese Canadian organizations that were in operation in Victoria. Records are arranged into the following series: 1) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. photographs series 2) Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. documents series
- History
- The Chinese Herbalist shop "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" operated in Victoria, BC from about 1905 until [1968]. The meaning of "Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co" can be translated as "Collection, Life, Source, Alive, Shop" although many interpretations can be taken since each Chinese character can have several meanings. Contents of the shop were purchased by the Burnaby Village Museum in 1975 and reassembled as a permanent display in the Burnaby Village Museum. The shop’s original owner was Ng Chee Fong who opened the shop ca.1905. In 1921, Ng returned to Hong Kong and sold the business to Lam Yuen and Wong Ying who were from Vancouver. Lam Yuen and Wong Ying employed Lum Chuck Yue to operate the shop. Lum Chuck Yue had formerly operated a small herbal counter in a Chinese apothecary store on the south side of Fisgard Street, Victoria. In 1924 Lam Yuen and Wong Ying purchased Wah Sun & Co. from Lee S. Yew and Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. moved into the Wah Sun premises at 1620 Government Street in the Lee Block . The furnishings and fixtures of both stores were combined, with the more elaborate fixtures from WSYWK remaining as part of the public part of the shop and the plainer fixtures of Wah Sun moved into the workroom and basement. In the 1930s Lum Chuck Yue took over the business and became the proprietor. In about 1934, Tan Yi Tang purchased the business and the shop reopened as Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Co. following renovations with Lum Yew Jong as the shop's proprietor. Lum Yew Jong continued to operate the shop until his death in 1967 at the age of 68 years. Following Lum’s death, the property and contents of the shop were purchased by Mr. J. Watson Marles, a local owner operator of an antique store at 1714 Government Street. The shop and contents went through a few more private owners including Rodney Pain before it was purchased by the Heritage Village Museum in 1975 with funds made available by the Vancouver Foundation and the Province of British Columbia. Contents of the original shop were reasembled in a reconstructed building as a permanent display on site at the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Creator
- Way Sang Yuen Wat Kee & Company
- Accession Code
- HV975.5
- BV985.5331
- BV017.7
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- 1908-1975
- Related Material
- See also Artifacts under Accessions HV975.5; BV985.5331 and BV017.7
- Notes
- Title based on contents of fonds
Young man and two women
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1050
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- August 29, 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified young man in a suit and a hat standing in front of a house. Two older and unidentified women are standing, flanking him, and are wearing their dresses over white blouses and large brimemd hats decorated with flowers and feathers.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w
- Material Details
- inscribed in pencil, verso, t. "Aug 29-09"
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified young man in a suit and a hat standing in front of a house. Two older and unidentified women are standing, flanking him, and are wearing their dresses over white blouses and large brimemd hats decorated with flowers and feathers.
- Accession Code
- HV973.110.64
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- August 29, 1909
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-06-06
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Stanley Park, Vancouver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1077
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 10.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Stanley Park, Vancouver. Women and children are walking along a path. A group of men is gathered by a tree on a lawn on the right side of the photograph. There is a sign directing people to a pavillion posted on that same tree. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "Sta…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.1 x 10.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Stanley Park, Vancouver. Women and children are walking along a path. A group of men is gathered by a tree on a lawn on the right side of the photograph. There is a sign directing people to a pavillion posted on that same tree. An annotation on the back of the photograph reads, "Stanley Park / 1909."
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Parks
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- HV972.50.16
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1909]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-04-04
- Photographer
- Dean, H.M.
- Notes
- Title based on caption of photograph
Images
West Burnaby School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1344
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of more than fifty students at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in six rows in front of a wooden fence. A man in a suit stands in front of a high wood fence at the back in the centre and Miss Annie Forrest stands to the left.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 11.5 x 16.5 cm
- Material Details
- Stamp on recto of photograph reads: "WM. BROWN NEW WESTMINSTER. B. C."
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of more than fifty students at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in six rows in front of a wooden fence. A man in a suit stands in front of a high wood fence at the back in the centre and Miss Annie Forrest stands to the left.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV999.2.32
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1909]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- For another photograph of some of the students in the group with Miss Forrest, see BV999.2.33
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 08-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Brown, William Thomas
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- A second copy of this postcard is held in the collection as BV994.21.1.
Images
Bateman children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1778
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909] (date of original)
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 9 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's seven children. The youngest, Warren, is sitting at the left, with Carey standing behind him. Next to Carey is the youngest sister, Jessie (Fox Kemp). The oldest sister, Edna (Corner) is sitting beside her. The oldest brother George is behind on the far righ…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- E.W. Bateman family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 9 x 9 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edwin Wettenhall Bateman's seven children. The youngest, Warren, is sitting at the left, with Carey standing behind him. Next to Carey is the youngest sister, Jessie (Fox Kemp). The oldest sister, Edna (Corner) is sitting beside her. The oldest brother George is behind on the far right, with Marianne May Bateman and Mamie Bateman (McWilliams) at the back (with a pendant around her neck).
- Names
- McWilliams, Mamie Bateman
- Kemp, Jessie Bateman Fox
- Corner, Edna Bateman
- Bateman, Marianne May
- Bateman, John Carey
- Bateman, Warren Stafford
- Bateman, George Edwin
- Accession Code
- BV004.84.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1909] (date of original)
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 09-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Hawkshaw wedding
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription2819
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- September 3, 1909
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia : 10.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Edward "Jack" Hawkshaw and Mabel Edith Honor McClean on their wedding day, surrounded by friends and family. The wedding took place at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Hawkshaw family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia : 10.5 x 16.5 cm, mounted on card ; 20 x 25.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of John Edward "Jack" Hawkshaw and Mabel Edith Honor McClean on their wedding day, surrounded by friends and family. The wedding took place at Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver.
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
- Accession Code
- BV996.6.294
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- September 3, 1909
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2/24/2011
- Scale
- 100
- Photographer
- Thomson, Stuart
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in red ink on verso of photograph reads: “Uncle Jack and Aunt Mabel’s Wedding photo”
- Note in blue pen on verso of photograph reads: “John Edward Hawkshaw (groom) / Mabel Edith Honor [sic] McClean (Bride) / Christ Church Cathederal [sic] / Vancouver B.C. / September 1910”
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: “Thomson” accompanying white writing reads: “319 Pender Street W. Vancouver”
- Note on recto of card mount reads: “Sept. 1910”
- Notes on the photograph state that the date was September 1910 but vital statistic records state that their wedding date was September 3, 1909
Images
Louis Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3064
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.2 x 17.6 cm mounted on cardboard 22.7 x 27.4 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a farm with men, a horse and wagon, and children in a field. An annotation on the back of one of the photos reads, "The foreground farm property stood at the corner of Sperling Avenue (formerly known as the Pole Line Road) and Buckingham. The white house in the left centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother and sister. It was the first post office at 'Burnaby Lake' and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss Harriet Woodward. It later became the United Church. / The open field in the distance above the horse's head and people in the field is the field in front of the 'Manor House' which was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the right of and beyond the white house partly hidden by the trees can be seen some of the buildings associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. which by the date (1909) of this photo had been sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)." An annotation on the back of the other photograph reads, "Formerly belonging to Malcom Nicolson / App. 1908." Annotations at the bottom front of the photograph read, "L. Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby, BC."
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Crops
- Agricultural Tools and Equipment
- Animals - Horses
- Occupations - Farmers
- Agriculture - Farms
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Sperling Avenue
- Accession Code
- HV973.40.4
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1909]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2023-05-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w duplicate photograph accompanying
- Text on first image "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "app 1909" pencilled in following above on the bottom edge of the image "L. Claude / Hill / Broadview", pencilled on the matt below the image. "The foreground farm property stood at the / Corner of Sperling Ave. (formerly known as Pole Line Road) / and Buckingham. The white house in the left / centre was the residence of Miss Woodward, her mother / and sister. It was the first post ofice at "Burnaby Lake" / and the site of the kindergarten school of Miss / Harriet Woodward. It later became the United / Church. / The open field in the distance above / the horses head and people in the field is / the field in front of the "Manse House" which / was built by Mr. Bateman in the 1920's. To the / right of and beyond the white house partly hidden / by the trees can be seen some of the buildings / associated with the Hill farm on Deer Lake Ave. / which by the date (1909) of this photo had been / sold. The distant tall trees (center) stand on the site of / the Municipal Buildings (DesBirsays Woods)", hand written in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. It is not indicated who wrote the note. "OR MASTER / 973.40.4", pencilled in the lower right corner of reverse side of matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph Text on second image. "L Claude Hill's Farm, Burnaby B C", incorporated into the image at the bottom edge of the photograph. "Claude surveying the haying", pencilled on the reverse side of the matt. "Formerly belonging to Malcolm Nicholson / app 1908", hand writen in blue ink on the reverse side of the matt. "H.V.973.40.4. OR. MASTER", hand printed on the bottom left corner of the reverse side of the matt. "W. T. COOKSLEY / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C."printed with very little contrast on the gray mattboard, below the lower right corner of the photograph
Images
CP 3678
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription3292
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [after 1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 3678 (built from 1909 to 1911) at an unidentified location.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 5.5 x 8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Canadian Pacific Railway steam locomotive no. 3678 (built from 1909 to 1911) at an unidentified location.
- Accession Code
- BV985.6114.64
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [after 1909]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 2024-03-19
- Notes
- Title based on note written on verso of photograph
- Handwritten note in black ball-point pen on verso of photograph reads: "CP 3678"
- Stamp on verso of photograph reads: "068"
Images
West Burnaby School students
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription9570
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1909]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.7 x 8.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of combined classes at West Burnaby School (later known as Kingsway West school). Teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing on the left side and a man in a suit is standing in the center at the back of the group. There are about fifty-nine girls and boys and girls of various ages s…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia postcard ; 13.7 x 8.5 cm
- Material Details
- Hand-written text in blue ink on back photograph reads: "1909 / 2-room / school / combined / classes. / Annie T / Forrest / teacher / junior / classes".
- Pre-printed text on back reads: "POST CARD", "For INLAND POSTAGE only this Space / may be used for Communications", "THE ADDRESS ONLY TO BE / WRITTEN HERE" and "AZO / AZO / AZO / AZO / PLACE / ONE-CENT / STAMP / HERE".
- Scope and Content
- Photographic postcard of combined classes at West Burnaby School (later known as Kingsway West school). Teacher, Miss Annie Forrest standing on the left side and a man in a suit is standing in the center at the back of the group. There are about fifty-nine girls and boys and girls of various ages seated and standing in rough rows. They are posed outdoors, in front of a wooden fence.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Street Address
- 4800 Kingsway
- Accession Code
- BV994.21.1
- Access Restriction
- Restricted access
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [1909]
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Related Material
- A second copy of this postcard is held in the collection as BV999.2.32.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph.
- A second copy of this postcard is held in the collection as BV999.2.32.